Verizon representatives have confirmed to Bloomberg that the carrier will push out a future update to the recently launched Galaxy S IV that will enable AWS LTE support for future compatibility with its forthcoming update to its LTE network that will enable even faster downlink and uplink speeds compared to current performance by a factor of two.

The next stage of the network is expected to be rolled out later this year in select metropolitan areas while Verizon works to acquire and deploy more AWS spectrum in order to expand the rollout, with New York City being named as one of the first markets slated for the expansion.

Currently, the vast majority of the LTE network is powered by the 700MHz band and Verizon is already maxing out its spectrum holdings on that band, both in terms of usage and data capacity, hence the need to roll out LTE on AWS in such a timely manner.

Verizon’s Galaxy S IV is so far the only model to be explicitly confirmed for the AWS LTE update and the carrier has yet to make any more official announcements on AWS LTE compatible devices or rollouts.